The lkl korea Trip 2010

Royal Ancestors and Ancient Remedies

A brief journey through Korea’s heritage

Preface 2

About London Korean Links 2

The final schedule 3

Introduction 4

1: Royal Ancestors and Lee Young-ae 4

2. The Schedule: where next? 5

Friday 30 April: Arrival 5

3. Moon Vases and Kim Gun Mo 5

Saturday 1 May: Tourism day 7

4. Yongin Folk Village 7

5. The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 8

6. The remains of the day 8

Sunday 2 May: The Rituals 9

7. Gwanghwamun, early morning 9

8. The Jongmyo Rituals 9

9. MISO 12

10. Korean Drinking 13

Monday 3 May: Interviews, day 1 13

11. The Bucheon World Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo (BICHE) 13

12. A meeting with Sorea 15

13. A chance encounter 16

Tuesday 4 May: Interviews, day 2 16

14. Seoul Design Foundation interview (40%) (Research on programme for the year, check against notes) 16

15. Meeting Ms Kim 17

16. Seoul Museum of History 17

17. Hwang Byunggi Interview 18

18. Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation 19

19. Networking in Hongdae 21

Wednesday 5 May: Hadong County 22

20. Journey into unknown territory 22

21. Hadong (90%) (Final read-through and comparison with notes) 22

22. The House of Choi Cham-pan (90%) (Couple pines and more about Toji) 24

23. The Jjimjilbang experience 25

Thursday 6 May: Sancheong County, day 1 26

24. A sense of direction 26

25. Turtle, Phoenix and Seal 27

26. Lunch with the mayor 28

27. The expo incl Heo Jun play and herb museum (40%) 28

28. Temple Stay (95%) (Maitreya and pagoda) 29

Friday 7 May: Sancheong County, day 2 34

29. Early morning prayers and sutra-painting 34

30. Remembering the Partisan struggle (80%) (research on Jejudo and Daejeon. Rebuilding of Daewonsa. Final paragraph) 35

31. Namsa-ri Hanok Village (80%) (Rice dish, red bean ice and Hague conference) 36

32. Song Chol (90%) (Further research on his life) 37

33. Sancheong's finest potter 38

34. Makgeolli, Maeuntang and a fashion show (10%) 38

Saturday 6 May: Sancheong to Seoul 39

35. The Jirisan trail (50%) 39

36. The Last King of Kaya 39

37. The ever-popular Park Soo-keun 40

38. The Korean Literature Project (30%) 40

39. Rakkoje (0%) 40

Sunday 9 May: Departure 40

40. The Return home (30%) 40

Follow-up 41

Preface

About London Korean Links

London Korean Links is a well-established website founded in 2006 which covers Korean arts and culture in London and elsewhere. It is a reflection of the way Korean culture has begun to gain momentum among foreigners outside of Asia. It provides a space for those who are interested in Korean culture to write about their enthusiasm, while providing an authoritative and independent source of information and critique about events in London and Korean cultural content generally available internationally. The website usually distances itself from comment or coverage on day-to-day events in Korea.
It has a team of volunteer writers covering a wide range of Korea-related topics:

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  News and reviews of Korea-events in London and elsewhere, both those sponsored by the Korean Cultural Centre and independently organised events
  
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  Reviews of books related to Korea
  
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  Album, film and drama reviews
  
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  Interviews with musicians and other prominent individuals
  
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  Description of some of Korea’s historical cultural achievements
  
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  Analysis of some of the Korean treasures in the British Museum
  
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  Travel tips and diaries of trips to Korea
  
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  The Korean football league, and Korean footballers in the UK
  
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  Articles highlighting connections between the UK and Korea
  
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  Anything else that its writers think interesting or noteworthy
  

The website takes particular interest in UK based Korean artists, performers and designers, and in Korean artists and performers visiting the UK. It also aims to support events organisers by providing a free publicity service for advertising their events. The website has been featured in the Korea Times and the Donga Weekly magazine, and has been described by Anna Fifield of the Financial Times as “a great resource” and by Aidan Foster-Carter in the Asia Times as “excellent” (and in Print Quarterly as “indispensable”). The site has an international readership, attracting visitors from emerging countries interested in the hallyu but also academics, and followers of Korean film and arts in the West.

LKL’s is founder and editor is Philip Gowman. He graduated from Oxford University in 1984 and since then has worked in London’s financial services industry. His interest in Korea commenced in the late 1980s when one of his clients was a mutual fund investing in the Korean stock market; and in the 1990s he spent much time assisting Korean banks to acquire their UK banking licences. Since then his interest has grown to include Korean history and culture. Most of his spare time is spent maintaining the website, reading and writing about Korean culture, watching Korean films, listening to Korean music and attending Korea-related events in London and elsewhere.

The final schedule

Friday 30 May	2:40pm	Arrive at Incheon. Transfer to hotel
	5:00pm	Visit to Gallery Hyundai
	6:00pm	Welcome dinner in Seoul
Saturday 1 May	10:00am	Yongin Folk Village
	2:00pm	National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon
	4:00pm	Changdeokgung and Secret Garden
	7:00pm	Dinner with Mr & Mrs Park
Sunday 2 May	9:30am	Jongmyo rituals: ceremony at Yeongnyeongjeon
	11:30am	Jongmyo rituals: the royal procession
	1:00pm	Jongmyo rituals: ceremony at Jeongjeon
	4:00pm	“Miso” performance at Chongdong Theatre
	6:00pm	Drinks with Yi Chuljin
Monday 3 May	11:00am	Interview at Bucheon Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo
	4:00pm	Interview with Sorea
Tuesday 4 May	10:00am	Interview with Seoul Design Foundation
	12:00	Lunch with Ms Kim
	2:00pm	Seoul Museum of History
	3:00pm	Interview with Hwang Byunggi
	5:00pm	Interview with Korea National Heritage Foundation
	7:00pm	Meetups in Hongdae
Wednesday 5 May	1:00pm	Hadong Green Tea Festival
	4:00pm	The House of Choi Cham-pan
Thursday 6 May	12:00	Sancheong County: the Presidential Seal
	1:00pm	Lunch with the mayor
	2:00pm	The Sancheong Jirisan Medicinal Herb Festival
	5:00pm	The herb museum
	6:00pm	Temple Stay at Daewonsa
Friday 7 May	10:00am	The Partisan museum
	2:00pm	Namsa-ri Hanok Village
	4:00pm	Song Cheol Sunim memorial
	5:00pm	Visit to Kim Young-gi’s pottery studio
	7:00pm	Hanbok fashion show
Saturday 8 May	9:00am	Sancheong-Hamyang Massacre Memorial
	11:00am	Jirisan trail
	12:00	The tomb of the last King of Kaya
	1:00pm	Shabu Shabu
	5:00pm	Park Soo-keun at Hyundai Gallery
	6:00pm	Meetup with Charles Montgomery
Sunday 9 May	10:00am	Depart for Incheon